User Interface

User Interface

The main window is organized as a menu bar plus four tabs.

Menus

• File — New, Open folder, Open file, Save, Recent files, Merge FOMOD, Export distribution archive, Exit.
• Options — Settings, Pre-save script, Post-save script, Translation editor.
• Help — About.

Tabs

Mod Info

The mod's metadata: name, author, version, website URL, game, category, header image and description. This becomes info.xml.

Install Steps

The heart of the editor. A step contains groups, and a group contains plugins:

• The step tabs run along the top; click one to edit it.
• The left column lists the groups of the selected step and, below, the plugins of the selected group.
• The right column shows the details of the selected plugin: name, description, default type, image, condition flags, and the files/folders it installs.

Selecting vs. reordering. Click an item to select it (its details appear on the right). The arrow buttons (◀ ▶ for steps, ▲ ▼ for groups and plugins) reorder the selected item — they change its position in the list, which determines the order the player sees and the install order. The selected item stays selected and follows its new position.

Required Installs

Files and folders that are always installed, regardless of the player's choices.

Conditional Installs

Files installed only when a set of conditions (condition flags and/or dependencies) is met — the conditionalFileInstalls section of a FOMOD.

Themes and windows

XIMOD supports dark, light and system themes (Settings). The built-in tool windows (translation editor, properties, XML editor) are independent, movable and resizable, and remember their position and size between sessions.